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Hundreds of thousands of people have died and continue to die from the effects of the coronavirus and the global pandemic around the world, without their deaths reaching official COVID statistics. Most of them, who hide behind the slogan “excess mortality”, are actually victims of covids, but also proof that the pandemic killed many more people than we think, both in the world and at home, in Serbia . We asked epidemiologist and crisis staff member Predrag Kon if Serbia should recount the death toll for the crown, and his answer was: “definitely yes.”
– I hope and believe it is necessary. This type of pandemic deserves it: Dr. Kon answered the question of “Blic”.
And, currently, he is the only one who, in front of the institutions in Serbia, deals with the issue of additional deaths, mortality data and re-examines them, without taking them for granted. So far, no information has been received from any higher level of the Belgrade City Public Health Institute on whether there is a discrepancy in the number of deaths. However, he has already publicly confirmed that the number of deaths is at least three times higher than what official statistics show.
– You know, they’re all for them. I can say that I consider it my duty. And I’m not doing it myself, I have a small team of people around me in the City Office with whom I collect official data for Belgrade from the Republic Statistics Office, explains our epidemiologist.
Kon also says that it is normal that in a pandemic, the data arrives later and is not complete.
– The only difference is that I think we are the only country in the world where it is observed from the level of some “conspiracy theory”, where it is thought that someone is deliberately hiding something – says our expert.
What results have you achieved so far?
Kon says that in his research he used mortality statistics and DN2 patterns, and data from the City Institute of Public Health. The death certificate has three parts: the immediate, basic and indirect cause of death, he said, adding that they arrive after two months.
– These data are the most reliable in our country. According to the analysis, from March to June, 210 people died in Belgrade because kovida 19 is the main and immediate cause of death. Only one case was that the immediate cause of death was kovid 19 and the underlying malignancy. There were 29 deaths from viral pneumonia, which were not recorded in previous years, Kon said.
More people died than average
He explained that in total mortality, counting all the deceased, and following the period of five years ago, it was determined that in March 92 more people died in the capital compared to the average of previous years.
– In April, that figure was 246 and in May 85 fewer people died than in previous years. In June, 92 more people died again than before. That month, 3,235 inhabitants of the capital fell ill from the crown, according to citizen reports, and 127 died from this disease. It should be known that we registered a great blow in July, and it is that the largest number of people died that month – said Kon.
Regarding the PCR tests, 105,137 citizens were tested in this way in Belgrade and, according to individual reports of deaths from infectious diseases, 302 people died. Since the appearance of the crown in Belgrade, 7,246 inhabitants of the capital have fallen ill since mid-August, where the virus was identified by PCR testing.
– We had 751 people with symptoms of the virus, which was not identified by the tests. In July, more than half of the people registered so far fell ill with corona, and we expect the number of deaths from corona to be significantly higher, reaching around 500. These are real data – concluded Dr. Kon.
Whose responsibility is it?
Regarding the responsibility, our epidemiologist says that the responsibility is absolutely with the IT specialists, not the Crisis Shab, as they received death data every day a few minutes before the press conference, and that there was no reason to not believe in them.
– There was a lack of communication between us and those who entered and gave us the data. I think some of the main people in charge of that system should have been with us at the Kizni headquarters, but that was not the case – Kon told “Blic”.
It is true, he reveals, that according to mortality statistics, there were three times more deaths in Belgrade than were reported.
– That means that the doctors themselves did not report that the death was kovid – he concluded.
When asked if the check on the dead was done for some previous epidemics or pandemics, Kon said it was necessary.
– We received a document that it is necessary to review the dead after the flu epidemic, but for some reason it was never done – noted Kon and emphasized once again that he still believes that it is necessary to review the medical history of all the deceased in all the country.
– It will be a great job but also a great contribution to the future. Audits will be conducted around the world. That is important because of people’s trust in preventive medicine – he concludes.
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